Trap-nest attachment



March 1, 1927.

M.- J. M o E TRAP NEST ATTACHMENT 2 Sheets-Shet 1 Filed Oct. 4, i922 IINVENTOR I A TTORNE Y March 1, 19 27.

- 1,619,527 M., J. MOQRE I TRAP NEST ATTACHMENT Filed Oct. 4, 1922 2shts-sheet 2 A h .4 30/ F- 30 I I l l ,I v I and economical trap nestattachment which Patented Mar. 1, 1927.

UNITED" STATES MAX J. MOORE, 0F NEWARK,

PATENT OFFICE.

, TRAP-NEST ATTACHMENT.

Application filed October 4, 1922. Serial a... 592,320.

The invention relates to a novel, simple is preferably struck up fromsheet metal and can be attached to any nest.

Objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in parthereinafter and in part will be obvious herefrom, or may be learned bypractice with the invention, the same being realized and attained bymeans of the instrumentalities and combinations.

pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention consists in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements,combinations, improvements, and articles of manufacture, herein shownand described.

The accompanying drawings, referred to herein and constituting a parthereof, illustrate different embodiments of the invention, and togetherwith the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Of the drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical section. through a nest, equippedwith my trap nest attachment, showing a hen within the nest;

Fig. 2 isa perspective rear view, partly broken away, for purposes ofillustration;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view, showing one mannerof attaching theattachment to a nest; v i

Fig. 4 is a detail View, similar to Fig. 3, showing the screw eye turned90 degrees so as to ,removably hold the attachment in place;

Fig. 5 is a vertical, diagrammatic view, showing how the hen enters thenest;

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view, similar to Fig. 5, showinghow the henoperates the trigger arm;

Fig. 7 is a perspective vrear view of another form;

Fig. 8 is. a detail vertical 88 of Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a other form. 7

My invention relates to trap nests and more particularly to a simpleand'inexpensive attachment which can be fastened pracsection on linedetailverti'cal section of antically to anyncst at minimum expense to"make a trap nest. p In the form of my invention, whlch I have shown byway of illustration, mytrap nest attachment consists of a plate 1,preferably stamped from sheet metal, and provided with an opening 2,which becomes the entrance to the nest 3. I provide the plate 1 withvertically extending guides or tracks 4, 4 secured to the plate in anysuitable manner, preferably by being integral therewith.

Near the upper end of the plate 1, I mount, in any suitable manner, atrigger 18. Preferably this trigger is mounted by punching out the ears6, 6, as shown in Fig. 2, and .pivotally securing the arms 5, 5 of thetrigger 18 to these ears 6,6 by passing cotter pins 7 7. throughopenings in the arms 5, 5.

'For ease and cheapness of manufacture, I

preferably form the trigger 18 from a bent wire having the arms 5, 5 andthe trigger arm 10, connecting said arms. The trigger rests 8, 8 areformedby bending .back the wire on itself to form supports for thevertically sliding door or trap 9. These trigger rests 8. 8 are soformed that they extend through the openings 11, 11 formed in the plate1 and protrude a slight distance beyond the face of the plate 1, so thateither one or both trigger rests 8, 8 can be operated by a person withhis thumb without putting his hand within the opening 2 of the plate..Near the bottom of the plate 1, I form stops in any suitable manner toengage and limit the downward movement of the door or trap 9.Ifpreferably form these stops by cutting out lugs 12, 12 from the plate1 and bending them as shown to engage with the vertical guides or tracks4, 4.

My trap attachment maybe secured to the nest in any suitable manner.Preferablyl provide the plate ,1 with one or two elongated slots 13, 13to cooperate'with the screw eyes 14, 14, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

In the operation of my device, the screw eyes 14,14, are. secured at thebottom and topjof the nest 3 and'b'rought into the posi- .tion shown inFig.3. V

brought in' front of the nest 3 so that the slots 13, 13 willbe made toregister-with theserew eyes14, 14. As soon as the plate is pressedvhoniethe screw, eyes 14. 14 are turned, as shown in Fig. 4, whenthe platewill be securely, but remova'bly, held in po-v sition. [The attachmentis such, that itcan The plate 1 is then be readily removed whenit isdesired to clean the nest.

To position the arts, pressure is applied by thethumb or 0t erwise uponone orboth l ile iii the nest; V increfiied'lby P h g 110185 1 16 withinthe the two traps or doors 22, 22am of the bent trigger rests 8, 8,which protrude through the openings 11, 11. This will rock the trigger:permitting the other hand to be used to lift the trap or door 9 into itsoperative elevated position shown in dotted lines Fig. 1, and more orless diagranr inatlcally in Fig. 5. The hen wlll'enter freely into thenest 3 through the opening 2, as shown diagrammatically ini Fig; 5.After she has gotten well within the nest 3, she will engage with thetrigger arin 10 and cause the trigger arms 5, 5 of the trigger 18 tor'o'elr apoafi cotter pins 7," This will cause thetriggerrests 8; 8 tomove tro' n under the trap o'r door 9, as shown d aglnn'i- "niaticallyin Fig. 6, which will permit the trap or door to fall within the guidesor tracks 4:, at and engage with the stops 12, 12 asshoi vn for examplein Fig. 1, It isiinpo'ssiblewforlthehen to leave the nest'iiiitil he p neh re era es the ri l8by pressing with his thumb upon one of theprotruding portions of the trigger rests 8, 8 aritlat the same timelifting the trap or door 9, which will again set the trap, ready for thenext hen, Fig. 5.

Preferably, the trap or door 9 does not completely close the opening 2so that sufficient ventilation will be insured to the hen Thisventilation may be plate -1.

I haveshown another form of my inven- L tionin 7 and ,8. In this tornthe plate is provided with an opening 21, which is preferably; thoughnot necessarily, circular and hecoll'les the opening for the nest whenthe plate is secured in positionby means of the slots 13,13 and screweyes 1 1, 14, see] Figs. 3 and 4. y

In this form, I Liseon'e o flinore p voted traps or d'o'ors twobeingpreferably ein ployed and piiro'ted on the merges. p Near the bottom ofthe plate 20, I secure a track 2 1 forn'l'ed in the -arc or a then, the

ride the plate- 2O with vertical;

behind which thesides 28, 28 "of thetraps or doors 2, 22 are held" wheniii theirhpen position,

i The plate is provided wi th a trigger havingtrigger rests 8, 8 and aconnetfting V .1 in fthevtorin of my i'if ven tion previoii sly le-teed, The trl'gger flIlllS 15, 5 are p yotallyseclured to the trig r Wi1 th a e plate 20 in any suitable nanr'ieras Torgexampl'e by the earsjG, 6 and cotter pins 7; 7

Th pir te ltr r 9 1 0 22 22 a p f a vide'dwi'th locking meanstogc'depraie with.

the tr igger'IB. I have shown each trap 01 door provided with two holes30 and 31. The lower holes 31, 31 are engaged by the tr gger restsS, 8when the doors or traps 22,

22 are swung tip into their open position, as 7 shown in dotted lines inFig. 7

Y W hen a hen, asglfi, enters the nest she on erates the trigger arm 10,causing the trigger 18 to swing on the cotter pins 7, 7 out from theplate 20. Very little outward movement of the trigger rests 8, 8 willdisengage theni frmn the holes 31, 31 and perwit the doors or traps 2222, by their. own

weight, to swing down iiito the position v shown lines ii p H To preventthe hen swinging the trap or doors 2 2, 22 after they are in theirclosed position, shbwn in full lines in Fig. 7; I may en i'ploy anysuitable locking iheans to keep thh door's tir traps from being opened.I liave'shown fhi eizaniple the doo'rs or traps I 22 provided with otherholes 30, 30, which, when the trap is sprung register and engage with theitriggei rests8, 8 and serve to lo'c'k the doors ortraps 22, 22 intheir closed p osltion, as sliown in Fig. 7. F

T c release the hen froiii the nestand again set thetrap. it isnecessary, ilrtlie. forni showh iih Figs. 7 and 8,.to insert a stick orfother suitabie inelnbfeirthroiigh the opening 32, to enga e and liftthe trigger arm 10 so that thetrigger rests 8, 8 vill free the holes 30,30. This will permit the trapsfor doors 22, 22to be again swung up intotheir open or set position, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7. F U h a Toprevent either door 1- ti'a'p 22, 22 from swingig too far, I pi'eferablyprovide a stop ain the track 24, I r V y As shown in Figs. and 8, theplate 20 is provided with two tits 34 (only ohe bihg shovn in 8)triggerarins 8, 8. 7 V a V V I may, however, p'royid'e/the 20 with holes35, '35 (only o'n'ehole being shown in Fig. 9) to receive the triggerrests s vhich piptrude through the plate 20. This will to receivethe-ehds o f the permittlie trigger ai'nis 8, 8, or either one of theirto be operated by the thumb otthe chicken fancier the shine as in theform shown III FIgS, 1 and 2,, except that In the toi'ln shown in F 7and Fig. 9 pivoted traps or-doprs are used instead a sliding one. In theforin shown n F 1g, 9,1hefid the end 36 of the arms 5, 5,. (onlyone'shown). and

pass it thfdugh'a hole in the plate 20 and secure it bythe cotter pins38 38. The.trig gel: 18 of Figs l and 2 may be inouirted in" with; rmiserably amt-m a ivoted 2. A trigger mechanism for a trap nest.

provided with a gravity-actuated closure, comprising a pair of verticalarms pivoted at their upper ends, a horizontally extending arm supportedby the vertical arms out of the plane of the vertical arms and wellwithin the nest, and a pair of shoulders for engaging with the closureat two laterally spaced points.

A trigger mechanism for a trap nest provided with a gravity operatedclosure, comprising a pair of vertical arms pivoted at their upper ends,a pair of closure engaging shoulders at the lower ends of the verticalarms, inwardly and horizontally extending arms at the lower ends of thevertical arms, and a horizontally extending arm connected to thehorizontal arms.

4. The combination in a trap nest attachment of a plate to fit over thefront of a nest, one or more pivoted doors or traps, and triggermechanism for controlling the trap or traps and adapted to be operatedby contacting with a hen, said trigger mechanism also serving to lockthe pivoted trap or traps in their closed position.

5. The combination in a. trap nest attachment of a plate to fit over thefront of a nest, one ormore pivoted doors or traps, a circular trackcooperating with the end or ends of the pivoted doors or traps, atrigger having means to hold the doors or traps in their open. position,said trigger extending into the nestand adapted to be operated by a hen,said trigger also serving to lock the doors or traps in their closedposition.

6. The combination in a trap nest attachment of a plate to fit over thefront of a nest, one or more pivoted doors or traps, a circular trackcooperating with the end or ends of the pivoted doors or traps, atrigger having means to hold the doors or trapsin their open position,said trigger extending into the nest and adapted to be operated by ahen, and means cooperating with the trigger to permit the trigger tohold the doors or traps in their closed position.

7. A trigger mechanism for a trap nest comprising a pair of verticallydisposed L- shaped arms, pivoted at their upper ends on opposite sidesof the nest opening, with their horizontal members extending inside thenest, and a substantially horizontal arm con necting the ends of thehorizontal members of the L-shaped arms, in a position to contact withthe back of hen after she is well inside the nest.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.-

MAX J. MOORE.

